Heyday Films Limited is a British film and television production company founded in 1997 by producer David Heyman. The company made its feature film debut with Ravenous (1999), and is most successful for producing the Harry Potter film series, based on the series of popular fantasy novels of the same name by J. K. Rowling. In 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced that Heyman and Amy Pascal would oversee the franchise moving forward and produce future installments in the James Bond film series through their Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films banners, respectively.
History Heyday Films Limited began in 1997 by producer David Heyman, after Heyman returned to England from the US. The company was initially funded by Warner Bros. Pictures with a first-look deal at the studio. The company signed its first deals, with Darren Ballie, to script three pictures.
In 1999, the company, along with Warner Bros., bought out the film rights of the Harry Potter series, and became the company's breakthrough hit after the first film was released in 2001 and became successful.
In 2015, the company launched their television division, Heyday Television as a joint venture with NBCUniversal International Studios.
In August 2026, Heyday signed a multi-year first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios.
Filmography Feature films Year Title Director Distributor(s) Budget Gross Notes 1999 Ravenous Antonia Bird 20th Century Fox $12 million $2 million 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Chris Columbus Warner Bros. Pictures $125 million $1.024 billion Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $100 million $879 million 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Alfonso Cuarón $130 million $796.7 million 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mike Newell $150 million $897 million Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix David Yates $150 million $942 million I Am Legend Francis Lawrence Warner Bros. Pictures / Roadshow Entertainment $150 million $585.3 million 2008 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Mark Herman Miramax $12.5 million $44 million Is Anybody There? John Crowley Optimum Releasing $3 million Yes Man Peyton Reed Warner Bros. Pictures $70 million $223.2 million 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince David Yates $250 million $934.4 million 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $250 million $976.3 million 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1.342 billion 2013 We're the Millers Rawson Marshall Thurber Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema $37 million $270 million Gravity Alfonso Cuarón Warner Bros. Pictures $100 million $723.2 million Nominated - Academy Award for Best PictureNominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film 2014 Testament of Youth James Kent Lionsgate $10 million $5.3 million Paddington Paul King StudioCanal / TWC-Dimension $55 million $268 million Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film 2016 The Light Between Oceans Derek Cianfrance Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $20 million $23.5 million Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them David Yates Warner Bros. Pictures $180 million $814 million Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film 2017 Paddington 2 Paul King StudioCanal / Warner Bros. Pictures $40 million $227 million 2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald David Yates Warner Bros. Pictures $200 million $654 million 2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino Sony Pictures Releasing $100 million $366 million Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyNominated - Academy Award for Best PictureNominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film Marriage Story Noah Baumbach Netflix $18 million $2.3 million Nominated - Academy Award for Best PictureNominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama 2020 The Secret Garden Marc Munden StudioCanal $20 million $8.7 million 2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore David Yates Warner Bros. Pictures $200 million $407.2 million White Noise Noah Baumbach Netflix $100 million $79,040 2023 Barbie Greta Gerwig Warner Bros. Pictures $145 million $1.446 billion Nominated - Academy Award for Best PictureNominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Wonka Paul King $125 million $634.4 million 2025 Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach Netflix 2026 The Rivals of Amziah King Andrew Patterson Black Bear Pictures Klara and the Sun Taika Waititi Sony Pictures Releasing The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth David Fincher Netflix Artificial Luca GuadagninoNeon $40 million 2027 F.A.S.T. Ben Richardson Warner Bros. Pictures
Television productions Television films Year Title Credit Notes 2010 Awkward Situations for Men Executive producer 2011 Page Eight 2013 The Thirteenth Tale 2014 Turks & Caicos Executive producer Salting the Battlefield
Television series Heyday have produced a number of television series. Year Title Co-production(s) Network Ref. 2005–2006 Threshold Paramount Network TelevisionPhantom Four FilmsBraga Productions CBS 2018 The Long Song BBC One 2019The InBetween Universal TelevisionLook at My New Bag NBC 2019–2022 The Capture NBCUniversal International Studios BBC One 2019–2025The Adventures of Paddington StudioCanalBlue Zoo Animation StudioSuperprod Studio Nickelodeon2021 Clickbait NBCUniversal International StudiosMatchbox PicturesTony Ayres Productions Netflix2024 Apples Never Fall Universal Content ProductionsUniversal International StudiosMatchbox PicturesCall Me Mel Productions Inc. Peacock 2026–present Harry Potter Warner Bros. TelevisionBrontë Film and Television HBO
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